2023
Mair, M., Saha, D., Brooker, P., & Heng, T. (2023). ‘Digital necromancy’: why bringing people back from the dead with AI is just an extension of our grieving practices. [Online news article/blog]. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
Saha, D., Mair, M., & Brooker, P. (2023). The Academic Emulator. Retrieved from https://academic-emulator.web.app/about
Thinking Like a Machine (Journal article)
Saha, D., Brooker, P., Mair, M., & Reeves, S. (n.d.). Thinking Like a Machine. Science & Technology Studies. doi:10.23987/sts.122892DOI: 10.23987/sts.122892
2022
Brooker, P., & Mair, M. (2022). Researching Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence. In W. Housley, R. Fitzgerald, A. Edwards, & R. Beneito-Montagut (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Digital Society. London: SAGE.
Mair, M., Sharrock, W. W., & Greiffenhagen, C. (2022). Research with Numbers. In The Ethnomethodology Program (pp. 348-370). Oxford University PressNew York. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190854409.003.0013DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190854409.003.0013
Holder, A., Elsey, C., Kolanoski, M., & Mair, M. (2022). Investigating the Use of Force in Contemporary Conflict: Researching Military Operations with Audio, Video and Transcript Data. In M. Mair, R. Meckin, & M. Elliot (Eds.), Investigative Methods: An NCRM Innovation Collection. Southampton: National Centre for Research Methods. doi:10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004546DOI: 10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004546
Mair, M., Meckin, R., & Elliot, M. (2022). Investigative Methods, An Editorial Introduction. In M. Mair, R. Meckin, & M. Elliot (Eds.), Investigative Methods: An NCRM Innovation Collection. Southampton: National Centre for Research Methods. doi:10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004543DOI: 10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004543
Mair, M., Meckin, R., & Elliot, M. (Eds.) (2022). Investigative Methods: An NCRM Innovation Collection. National Centre for Research Methods. doi:10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004542DOI: 10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004542
Doing the Organization’s Work—Transcription for All Practical Governmental Purposes (Journal article)
Holder, A., Elsey, C., Kolanoski, M., Brooker, P., & Mair, M. (n.d.). Doing the Organization’s Work—Transcription for All Practical Governmental Purposes. Frontiers in Communication, 6. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2021.797485DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.797485
2021
Doing things with description: practices, politics, and the art of attentiveness (Journal article)
Vitellone, N., Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2021). Doing things with description: practices, politics, and the art of attentiveness. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, 21(3), 313-323. doi:10.1177/1468794120975972DOI: 10.1177/1468794120975972
Just what are we doing when we're describing AI? Harvey Sacks, the commentator machine, and the descriptive politics of the new artificial intelligence (Journal article)
Mair, M., Brooker, P., Dutton, W., & Sormani, P. (2021). Just what are we doing when we're describing AI? Harvey Sacks, the commentator machine, and the descriptive politics of the new artificial intelligence. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, 21(3), 341-359. doi:10.1177/1468794120975988DOI: 10.1177/1468794120975988
2020
Action, Meaning and Understanding: Seeing Sociologically with Harvey Sacks (Chapter)
Mair, M., & Sharrock, W. (2020). Action, Meaning and Understanding: Seeing Sociologically with Harvey Sacks. In R. J. Smith, R. Fitzgerald, & W. Housley (Eds.), On Sacks: Methodology, Materials, and Inspirations. London: Routledge.
Mair, M., Meckin, R., & Elliot, M. (2020). Innovation in Research Methods: Investigative Social Research. National Centre for Research Methods. Retrieved from https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/show.php?article=5583
2019
The New Ghosts in the Machine: ‘Pragmatist’ AI and the Conceptual Perils of Anthropomorphic Description (Journal article)
Brooker, P., Dutton, W., & Mair, M. D. (2019). The New Ghosts in the Machine: ‘Pragmatist’ AI and the Conceptual Perils of Anthropomorphic Description. Ethnographic Studies, 16, 272-298. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3459327DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3459327
Garfinkel, Harold (Chapter)
Mair, M. D., & Sharrock, W. W. (2019). Garfinkel, Harold. In P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, M. Hardy, M. Williams, A. Cernat, & J. W. Sakshaug (Eds.), SAGE Research Methods Foundations. London: SAGE. doi:10.4135/9781526421036753375DOI: 10.4135/9781526421036753375
2018
War on Video: Combat Footage, Vernacular Video Analysis and Military Culture from Within (Journal article)
Mair, M. D., Elsey, C., Smith, P. V., & Watson, P. G. (2018). War on Video: Combat Footage, Vernacular Video Analysis and Military Culture from Within. Ethnographic Studies, (15), 83-105. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1475784DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1475784
Just what are we doing when we're describing AI? Harvey Sacks, the commentator machine and the descriptive turn in artificial intelligence (Conference Paper)
Sormani, P., Brooker, P. D., & Mair, M. (2018). Just what are we doing when we're describing AI? Harvey Sacks, the commentator machine and the descriptive turn in artificial intelligence. In EASST2018: Meetings - Making Science, Technology and Society Together. Lancaster University, UK.
Lord, A., Mair, M. D., Sturzaker, J., & Jones, P. (2018). The Planners’ Dream Goes Wrong? Questioning Citizen-Centred Planning. INLOGOV, The Institute of Local Government Studies. Retrieved from https://inlogov.com/
Holder, A., Mair, M. D., & Minor, E. (2018). Stealth Bombing: Europe’s Hidden Involvement in the United States’ Drone Wars. Retrieved from https://braveneweurope.com/
Targeting Legality: The Armed Drone as a Socio-Technical and Socio-Legal System (Journal article)
Holder, A., Minor, E., & Mair, M. (2018). Targeting Legality: The Armed Drone as a Socio-Technical and Socio-Legal System. Journal of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 1-17.
Politics, Government and Corruption: (Chapter)
Mair, M., & Jones, P. (n.d.). Politics, Government and Corruption:. In How Corrupt is Britain? (pp. 124-134). Pluto Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt183p7g4.14DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt183p7g4.14
Violence as Work: Ethnomethodological Insights into Military Combat Operations (Journal article)
Chris, E., Mair, M. D., & Kolanoski, M. (2018). Violence as Work: Ethnomethodological Insights into Military Combat Operations. Psychology of Violence, 8(3), 316-328. doi:10.1037/vio0000173DOI: 10.1037/vio0000173
Mair, M. D., Holder, A., & Minor, E. (2018). The future of European militaries will be remotely piloted – and that should worry us all. Brave New Europe. Retrieved from https://braveneweurope.com/
2017
Minor, E., & Mair, M. D. (2017). Reflections on Collecting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2017/12/16/73288/
Mair, M. D., Holder, A., & Minor, E. (2017). Submission of Written Evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into the Use of Armed Drones: Drone Strikes, Legal Reasoning and the Need for Transparency. Retrieved from http://appgdrones.org.uk/
Mair, M. D., Minor, E., & Holder, A. (2017). The Europeanisation of the Armed Drone. Brave New Europe. Retrieved from https://braveneweurope.com/
Jones, P., & Mair, M. (2017). Genealogy, Parasitism and Moral Economy: The Case of UK Supermarket Growth. In D. Whyte, & J. Wiegratz (Eds.), Neo-liberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud. London: Routledge.
Mair, M., Elsey, C., Watson, P. G., & Smith, P. V. (2017). Interpretive Asymmetry, Retrospective Inquiry and the Explication of Action in an Incident of Friendly Fire. doi:10.31235/osf.io/nvfu9DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/nvfu9
The Planners’ Dream Goes Wrong? Questioning Citizen-Centred Planning (Journal article)
Lord, A., Mair, M. D., Sturzaker, J., & Jones, P. (2017). The Planners’ Dream Goes Wrong? Questioning Citizen-Centred Planning. Local Government Studies, 43(3), 344-363. doi:10.1080/03003930.2017.1288618DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2017.1288618
2016
The Violence You Were/n’t Meant to See: Representations of Death in an Age of Digital Reproduction (Chapter)
Mair, M., Elsey, C., Smith, P. V., & Watson, P. G. (2016). The Violence You Were/n’t Meant to See: Representations of Death in an Age of Digital Reproduction. In The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and War (pp. 425-443). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/978-1-137-43170-7_23DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-43170-7_23
Statistical Practice: Putting Society on Display (Journal article)
Mair, M., Greiffenhagen, C., & Sharrock, W. W. (2016). Statistical Practice: Putting Society on Display. Theory, Culture & Society, 33(3), 51-77. doi:10.1177/0263276414559058DOI: 10.1177/0263276414559058
Mair, M. D. (2016). Julian Assange and the 'Academic Embargo' on Wikileaks' Revelations. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/
Elsey, C., Mair, M., Smith, P. V., & Watson, P. G. (2016). Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the study of action-in-interaction in military settings. In The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods (pp. 180-195). doi:10.4324/9781315613253-22DOI: 10.4324/9781315613253-22
2015
Practitioner Perspectives: Safeguarding Children and Young People from Radicalisation. Report produced for Merseyside Local Authority. (Report)
Vaughn, L., Godfrey, B., Waring, S., & Mair, M. (2015). Practitioner Perspectives: Safeguarding Children and Young People from Radicalisation. Report produced for Merseyside Local Authority.: Practitioner Perspectives: Safeguarding Children and Young People from Radicalisation. Report produced for Merseyside Local Authority..
Greiffenhagen, C., Mair, M., & Sharrock, W. W. (2015). Methodological Troubles as Problem and Phenomenon: Ethnomethodology and the Question of 'Method' in the Social Sciences. British Journal of Sociology, 66(3), 460-485. doi:10.1111/1468-4446.12136DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12136
Mair, M., & Jones, P. (2015). Politics, Government and Corruption: The Case of the Private Finance Initiative. In D. Whyte, & W. MacMahon (Eds.), How Corrupt is Britain? (pp. 124-134). London: Pluto Press.
2014
Mair, M., Elsey, C., Smith, P. V., & Watson, P. G. (2014). 190th Fighter Squadron/Blues and Royals Fratricide: Modified Incident Transcript [Transcript]. http://repository.liv.ac.uk/2005800/. Retrieved from https://liverpool.academia.edu/MichaelMair/Transcripts
2013
Mair, M., Elsey, C., Watson, P. G., & Smith, P. V. (2013). Interpretive Asymmetry, Retrospective Inquiry and the Explication of Action in an Incident of Friendly Fire. SYMBOLIC INTERACTION, 36(4), 398-416. doi:10.1002/symb.78DOI: 10.1002/symb.78
Mair, M., Greiffenhagen, C., & Sharrock, W. W. (2013). Social Studies of Social Science: A Working Bibliography. NCRM Working Paper Series, (3219). Retrieved from http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/3219
2012
Patients' uses of information as researchable domains of social practice (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2012). Patients' uses of information as researchable domains of social practice. HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL, 18(4), 271-283. doi:10.1177/1460458212445400DOI: 10.1177/1460458212445400
Alcohol, Tobacco and Obesity (Chapter)
Bell, K. (n.d.). Alcohol, Tobacco and Obesity. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203822159DOI: 10.4324/9780203822159
War-making and sense-making: some technical reflections on an instance of friendly fire' (Journal article)
Mair, M., Watson, P. G., Elsey, C., & Smith, P. V. (2012). War-making and sense-making: some technical reflections on an instance of friendly fire'. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 63(1), 75-96. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01394.xDOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01394.x
2011
From Methodology to Methodography: A Study of Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in Practice (Journal article)
Greiffenhagen, C., Mair, M., & Sharrock, W. (2011). From Methodology to Methodography: A Study of Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in Practice. Methodological Innovations Online, 6(3), 93-107. doi:10.4256/mio.2011.009DOI: 10.4256/mio.2011.009
Deconstructing behavioural classifications: tobacco control, 'professional vision' and the tobacco user as a site of governmental intervention (Journal article)
Mair, M. (2011). Deconstructing behavioural classifications: tobacco control, 'professional vision' and the tobacco user as a site of governmental intervention. CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 21(2), 129-140. doi:10.1080/09581596.2010.529423DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2010.529423
2010
Greiffenhagen, C., Mair, M., & Sharrock, W. W. (2010). A Comparison of Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in the ESRC's National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM): Research Methods in Practice. Southampton: ESRC.
Disorder, participation and the state: an ethnomethodological investigation of the governance of antisocial behaviour in a peripheral english housing estate (Thesis / Dissertation)
Mair, M. (2010). Disorder, participation and the state: an ethnomethodological investigation of the governance of antisocial behaviour in a peripheral english housing estate. (PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, UK).
2008
Studying interaction in undergraduate tutorials: results from a small-scale evaluation (Journal article)
Shawa, L., Carey, P., & Mair, M. (2008). Studying interaction in undergraduate tutorials: results from a small-scale evaluation. TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 13(6), 703-714. doi:10.1080/13562510802525437DOI: 10.1080/13562510802525437
Evaluating Mihealth Newcastle: assessing the effectiveness of new health information and communication technology in providing support to patients with breast cancer receiving treatment in Newcastle (Report)
KIerans, C., & Mair, M. (2008). Evaluating Mihealth Newcastle: assessing the effectiveness of new health information and communication technology in providing support to patients with breast cancer receiving treatment in Newcastle. Liverpool: Liverpool University. Retrieved from http://www.mihealth.info/Downloads/Mihealth_Newcastle_evaluation_report_2008.pdf
2007
Formal health services in informal settings: findings from the Preston Men's Health Project (Journal article)
Kierans, C., Robertson, S., & Mair, M. D. (2007). Formal health services in informal settings: findings from the Preston Men's Health Project. The Journal of Men's Health & Gender, 4(4), 440-447. doi:10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.08.006DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.08.006
Descriptions as data: developing techniques to elicit descriptive materials in social research (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2007). Descriptions as data: developing techniques to elicit descriptive materials in social research. Visual Studies, 22(2), 120-136. doi:10.1080/14725860701507057DOI: 10.1080/14725860701507057
Critical reflections on the field of tobacco research: The role of tobacco control in defining the tobacco research agenda (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2007). Critical reflections on the field of tobacco research: The role of tobacco control in defining the tobacco research agenda. Critical Public Health, 17(2), 103-112. doi:10.1080/09581590601045204DOI: 10.1080/09581590601045204
Critical reflections on the field of tobacco research: The role of tobacco control in defining the tobacco research agenda (Journal article)
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2007). Critical reflections on the field of tobacco research: The role of tobacco control in defining the tobacco research agenda. Critical Public Health, 17(2), 103-112. doi:10.1080/09581590601045204DOI: 10.1080/09581590601045204
2006
Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people (Journal article)
Mair, M., Barlow, A., Woods, S. E., Kierans, C., Milton, B., & Porcellato, L. (2006). Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people. Social Science & Medicine, 62(4), 1009-1021. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002
Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people (Journal article)
Mair, M., Barlow, A., Woods, S. E., Kierans, C., Milton, B., & Porcellato, L. (2006). Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 62(4), 1009-1021. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002
Mair, M., & Kierans, C. (2006). Evaluating Mihealth Liverpool: Assessing the Effectiveness of New Health Information and Communication Technology in Providing Support to Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Treatment in Liverpool. Liverpool. Retrieved from http://www.mihealth.info/Downloads/MihealthReport_July_2006_V2.pdf
Mihealth: Understanding Local Contexts of Use in HICTs for Breast Cancer (Journal article)
Kierans, C., & Mair, M. (2006). Mihealth: Understanding Local Contexts of Use in HICTs for Breast Cancer. Health Information on the Internet, 54(1), 3-5.
